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Air New Zealand moves to purchase electric planes

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Eviation, a leader in electric planes, has announced that Air New Zealand has signed a letter of intent to purchase the company’s Alise electric aircraft. The company’s orders now equate to over $2 billion in value, and the company has received yet another order, this one from Air New Zealand.

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Cadillac LYRIQ Luxury EV completes 80% validation drive ahead of Q1 2022 production start

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Cadillac engineers recently completed the “80 percent” validation drive for the 2023 Cadillac LYRIQ—a critical milestone in Cadillac’s first luxury EV’s development, marking a transition to the final stage prior to production. —Todd Bruder, lead development engineer. Actual production model will vary.

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The Power Engineer Electrifying John Deere’s Tractors, Trucks, and More

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Singh grew up on a farm in India, and is committed to bettering agriculture’s future. Singh, a power-electronics engineer, has been working to replace the internal combustion engines used in the company’s equipment with hybrid (diesel-electric) and all-electric versions. as a staff engineer.

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ACIA Aero Leasing LOI with Universal Hydrogen for up to 30 regional aircraft conversions to hydrogen power

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The conversion consists of a fuel cell electric powertrain that replaces the existing turboprop engines. Universal Hydrogen and Fortescue Future Industries (FFI) also recently announced their partnership to enable the aviation industry to decarbonize through zero-emissions green hydrogen.

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RWE and H2U partner to develop global hydrogen trading between Australia and Germany

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This is in line with the objective of HySupply, a 24-month German-Australian feasibility study which started December 2020 by the German Academy of Science and Engineering and the Federation of German Industries. H2U develops several hydrogen projects in Australia and New Zealand such as the Eyre Peninsula Gateway Project.

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Rocket Lab prepares for next launch, moves closer to Electron reusability

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Rocket Lab is readying for its next launch no earlier than April 24th from Launch Complex 1 on the Mahia Peninsula in New Zealand. Rocket Lab did not indicate if any of the Rutherford engines that flew on that mission will be re-used or if they will be all new. Welcome to LC-1, @KAISTPR !

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Rocket Lab launches 7 satellites, recovers first stage booster

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The ‘Baby Come Back’ mission successfully lifted off from Launch Complex 1B on the Mahia Peninsula in New Zealand at 01:27 UTC, sending seven payloads into a Sun-Synchronous Orbit. The rocket will now be brought back to New Zealand for their teams to look over the data and make adjustments for future launches.